319275161 | John Locke | English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704) | 0 | |
319275162 | Rousseau | French philosopher from 1712-1778 who believed that people are naturally good, but are corrupted by society | 1 | |
319275163 | Seven Years' War | Worldwide struggle between France and Great Britain for power and control of land; known in America as the French and Indian War | 2 | |
319275164 | Continental Congress | The legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies who met during and after the American Revolution; they issued the Declaration of Independence | 3 | |
319275165 | George Washington | Commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War; 1st president of the United States | 4 | |
319275166 | Cornwallis | commander of the British forces in the American Revolutionary War; surrendered to the colonists at Yorktown | 5 | |
319275167 | The Estates General | A rarely called meeting of the three social classes in France | 6 | |
319275168 | King Louis XVI | King of France from 1774-1792; his unpopular policies helped trigger the French Revolution. | 7 | |
319275169 | The National Assembly | A group of Third Estate delegates that broke ties with the Estates General. Marked the first stage of the revolution. | 8 | |
319275170 | The Convention | Legislative body created by revolutionary leaders that abolished the monarchy & proclaimed France as a republic | 9 | |
319275171 | The Bastille | A fortress and prison in France that was destroyed in 1789 at the beginning of the French Revolution | 10 | |
319275172 | Mass Levy | French wartime draft | 11 | |
319275173 | The Directory | A group of five directors that were in power in France until they were overthrown by Napoleon in 1799 | 12 | |
319275174 | L' Ouverture | Leader of slave revolt in Haiti which helped it to achieve its independence | 13 | |
319275175 | Bolivar | leader of revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule. | 14 | |
319275176 | Jose de San Martin | revolutionary leader who freed chile and joined bolivar to free peru | 15 | |
319275177 | Gran Colombia | The temporary union of the northern portion of South America after independence movements led by Simón Bolivar | 16 | |
319275178 | Pedro I | Aided in the declaration of Brazilian independence in 1822 and became constitutional emperor | 17 | |
319275179 | Hidalgo | A member of the lower nobility in Spain | 18 | |
319275180 | John Stuart Mills | Founder of utilitarism; fought for womens rights | 19 | |
319275181 | Herzl | Invented zionism | 20 | |
319275182 | Metternich | Austrian foreign minister who basically controlled the Congress of Vienna. | 21 | |
319275183 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton | A prominent advocate of women's rights (1815-1902) | 22 | |
319275184 | Otto von Bismarck | German statesman under whose leadership Germany was united (1815-1898) | 23 | |
319975480 | Industrialization | The development of industries for the machine production of goods | 24 | |
319975481 | Putting-out system | The merchant loans raw materials to several cottage workers, who processed the raw materials in their own homes and returned the finished product to the merchant. | 25 | |
319975482 | James Watt | Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819) | 26 | |
319975483 | Henry Bessemer | British man who revolutionized the way to manufacture steel by making the process quicker and more efficient | 27 | |
319975484 | Wealth of Nations | 18th century book written by Scottish economist Adam Smith in which he spells out the first modern account of free market economies. | 28 | |
319975485 | Henry Ford | United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production; founder of the Ford Motor Company (1863-1947) | 29 | |
319975486 | John D. Rockefeller | American industrialist and philanthropist. Revolutionized the petroleum industry and defined the structure of modern philanthropy. | 30 | |
319975487 | Utopian socialists | People who believed that everyone was equal and that competition in industry there should be cooperation; early socialists. | 31 | |
319975488 | Proletariat | A social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages | 32 | |
319975489 | Engels | Developed communist theory with Karl Marx. Co-wrote the Communist Manifesto | 33 | |
319975490 | Trans-Siberian Railroad | Constructed in 1870s to connect European Russia with the Pacific; completed by the end of the 1880s; brought Russia into a more active Asian role. | 34 | |
319975491 | Count Sergei Witte | Played a central role in Russia's industrialization; put Russia on the gold standard | 35 | |
319975492 | Edward Jenner | English physician who pioneered vaccination; discovered the vaccination to smallpox | 36 |
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